Description of two new species of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatidae (Amphibia: Anura) from China

Molecular phylogeny and diversification of the genus Odorrana (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) inferred from two mitochondrial genes

“…In subclade B1, the relationships among O. anlungensis, O. yizhangensis, and O. lungshengensis could not be resolved with strong support. Clade B nonetheless rejects the alliance of O. anlungensis, O. yizhangensis and O. lungshengensis with the O. schmacheri group, a proposal based upon morphological data (Fei et al, 2009). Subclade B2 consisted of the remaining species from southwestern China, the type species of the genus Odorrana, O. margaretae and two species from Vietnam.…”

“…The taxonomy and phylogeny of Odorrana have long attracted the interest of evolutionary biologists and have been investigated using both morphological and molecular data (Dubois, 1992;Fei et al, 1990Fei et al, , 2009Fei et al, , 2010Ye and Fei, 2001;Bain et al, 2003;Chen et al, 2005;Jiang and Zhou, 2005;Frost et al, 2006;Matsui et al, 2005;Cai et al, 2007;Che et al, 2007;Stuart, 2008;Wiens et al, 2009;Kurabayashi et al, 2010;Pyron and Wiens, 2011). Although considerable progress has been made in the past two decades toward advancing our understanding of Odorrana phylogenetics and taxonomy, these studies have left unresolved issues and also created some new controversies.…”

Systematic relationships of Oriental tiny frogs of the family Microhylidae (Amphibia, Anura) as revealed by mtDNA genealogy

“…However, some authors still treat it as a valid species, without close comparison of the two taxa (Dubois, 1987;Yang and Rao, 2008;Fei et al, 2009). Our sample of M. fowleri was obtained from Phrae, not distant from the type locality, but was not much divergent from M. berdmorei, with p-distance of 3.9-4.4%.…”

Postbreeding Movement and Habitat Use of the Plateau Brown Frog, Rana kukunoris, in a High-Elevation Wetland

“…Different energetic requirements associated with reproduction may require females to travel farther for foraging, and larger body sizes may allow females to do so (Turner, 1958;Sinsch, 1992;Bartelt et al, 2004). The reason movement patterns do not differ between sexes of R. kukunoris is unknown, but the lack of difference may be related to the lack of sexual size dimorphism in this species (Fei et al, 2009). We found evidence of late-season migratory behavior at one of our sites (BaiHua) but not the other (JunQu).…”